Prior to the Clone Wars, Telti was the site of one of the Techno Union factories which produced B1 battle droids. This factory and others across the galaxy were shut down prior to the outbreak of war, leading to 12.5 million employees being laid off. While business reasons were cited, in reality, the Techno Union had joined forces with the Separatists, and had moved production lines to worlds in the Outer Rim Territories, far from the prying eyes of Republic inspectors.

The droid threat was eventually stopped when Cole Fardreamer, R2-D2 and C-3PO travelled to the planet after discovering bombs planted inside upgraded X-Wing starfighters. After Cole was captured and sent away to be tortured, R2-D2 reprogrammed a number of old astromech droids stored on the planet. With their help, R2-D2 managed to overpower the Red Terror, modified gladiator droids set to the guard the manufacturing facility, and deactivate the explosives with Brakiss' remote. Brakiss was then driven into his shuttle and off of the planet by the remaining astromech units, escaping.